1982 Scotland rugby union tour of Australia
# 1982 Scotland rugby union tour of Australia

The 1982 Scotland rugby union tour of Australia was a series of nine matches played by the Scotland national rugby union team in Australia in June and July 1982. The Scotland team won six and lost the other three. They drew the two-match international series against the Australia national rugby union team, winning the first game but losing the second. In their non-international games they were beaten by the Queensland state team and the Sydney representative team. Scotland's win in the first game against Australia was their first victory in the Southern Hemisphere, at the sixth attempt.

## Matches

### Test matches

| Date and time | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 July 1982 | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane | Australia | 7–12 | Scotland |
| 10 July 1982 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia | 33–9 | Scotland |

### Friendly matches

| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 June | Queensland Country | 16–44 | Scotland | Mount Isa, Queensland |
| 13 June | Queensland | 18–7 | Scotland | Ballymore, Brisbane, Queensland |
| 19 June | Sydney | 22–13 | Scotland | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales |
| 23 June | Victoria | 3–38 | Scotland | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria |
| 26 June | New South Wales | 17–31 | Scotland | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales |
| 29 June | New South Wales Country | 3–44 | Scotland | Singleton, New South Wales |
| 6 July | Australian Capital Territory | 4–22 | Scotland | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |

## Touring party

* Manager: I. A. A. McGregor
* Assistant manager: Jim Telfer
* Captain: Andy Irvine

### Backs

| Andy Irvine Peter Dods Roger Baird Jim Pollock Rick Gordon David Johnston | Keith Robertson Craig Williamson Bryan Gossman John Rutherford Gordon Hunter Roy Laidlaw |
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### Forwards

| Derek White Iain Paxton Finlay Calder Jim Calder Eric Paxton Bill Cuthbertson Ian McKie Alan Tomes | Jim Aitken Gerry McGuinness Iain Milne Norrie Rowan Colin Deans Rob Cunningham John Calder replacement during tour |
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